Dispensing-receptacle.



VE. HARRALSON.

DISPNSlNG RCEPTACLE.

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Patented May 23, 1916.

UNITED OFFICE.

EDWARD HARitALso1 \IoF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

DIsPENsING-RECEPTACLE.

Appiicati ined s ptinper 4 41914.

. eiti'ze'n ofthe. United States. residing at 5 North Carolina. haveinvented eertaiiilnew -and useful 'l'inpi'oi'euieits iii Dispensing-Receptiiclesj 'of vwhich the following is a. speeifieatiohj 5 i `Thisinvention relates to dispensingv re- 10 ceptacles. 'l

iii'A ieeeptaele tor granulated substaiiees` -disinfeeting powders.

trolling the dispensing 4of its contents. and a spring `r-a'ctiiatedfalse bottom or bottom member riiovab'lj.l teleseoped over'the bottomofthe receptacle and operatively eonneeted to the valve-oi' Closure andarranged to auto- A8O inatieally open theralve. or closure when thereceptacle is litted fromits .rupportand toautomatically close the valveor elo- 'sui'e, bythe weight of thereeeptaele, when thelatterl is 'again.placed in a standing position on' a shelf or table. i

I wish it understood that my" invention can'be carried-out in connectionwith a. ref oeptacle' for holding powd-ered, frranulatecl, iluid',j `or.seini-fluidl material of anykind whatsoever; that the forni of," andoperating connection` for, the valve'or closure may be .variouslymodified, and modifications resorted to in the Iiiovable bottom orbottoni meinlisa ' is a. vertical setion showing the-"parts 'as on anysupport, suhhs shelf or table .Fi g. 2,

-a-'slmilar lYieiv `showirigthe parte es tliey :nppear f virhen the'receptacle .islifted from its support and ready 'foi'. dispensing; and1 .and 2,' show? .zimodified Velve'ij elos'iire'.' i je receptacle@maybeglass metal 'or -v any xiieterial and lia-'s a C enical cap-2Speci'iejation of Letters Patent.

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vbottoni preferably sugar and the like. embodyimgv thespiritand scope ofthe Patented 3121)'23, 1916. Serial No. 8560.195.'

i an orifice 3 for the diseha The ea p may be Connef hre'ads t as inFigs. l and 1..

l the rap being* roperinit lfillingr ot the iei'eptiieie. .3 ispreferably integral with the ln the 'lioriii shown in i-"i 1% c thepermanent roniiertiuii ofz the i p. .essita'tes the piogision ot aremovable eonneeted by sereri.'

threads.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2., I provide a false bottom or actuator 7 iiithe form of a. rap which telescopes over the lower end of the receptacle1' turned annular flange 8 which Coperates with an enlargement 9 on thereceptacle to' limit the downward or outwardmovement of the falsebottoni in relation to the recepf taf-le. A eoni'olute spring1r10.iiiteiposed between the bottom actuator T. tends to and the falsebottom or torre the lat-ter downwardly or outwardly in relation to there-` eeptaele. as shown in Fig. 2. This spring ina l he seated inside arubber gasket 11 contained-within the false bottom oic aetuntor 7 andthere may on the bottoni eoil o't' said spring'. rereptaele when it' isin upright position, as

when standing:v on. a slielfor table', foiin?.

stance. Secured to the false bottoni or actuator 7 is a stein i3 whichpasses through an opening 14 in the bottom 5 and is provided with avalve or closure 15 iiaiieiitl v. eoinierted as in Figs. t

and is provided with .an iniii) he provided a rential boss I2 5surrounded by the smallest The gasket cushions the per end tofit theoi'iice when.v the iecepta-- ele is resting on a support, as inFig.1,'thus vs ealing the ieeeptaeie so that air cannot have ac ces'stothe contents thereof. When the receptacle is'lifted, 1io\\'evei,rtliespifing 1 0' l false bottoni 0r gie-f1 unsealing the aperture Y 100'4'through s'alid aperturev Vthe receptacle 'iszv on a. support, t hel"'immediately forces the. tuitoi 7 downwardly, 3 and peri'nitting thetacle -to be dispensed L (Fig. 2).-- Immediately plaeed in uprightposition weight ofthe parts is. sufcient to overcome the strength ofthespring 10 fand thevalve contents 4of the recepf vRefe'rifiiil'gf toFigs. vhenrigf removable, ttor provided neetionlfby which its tivo .i105ri s' cle sed,the parts-.-appearii'igas-in Fig'.- 1. a and e .thebottom@ Athe false bottom 'or ac'tiiwith afscrew V.threaded Con-Tfp'artssfmayjzbe" '-disconneete'd to permitthe bottom 6to bere;innvedgffor purposes of-illing the receptacle.

' The valve or closure fing the While not essentil to the constructionshown in Figsl .and 2, I preferably pro-v substantially and a tube videan internal disk 22 which iills the bottom 'of the receptacle,

therewith which snugly, yet loosely,v sur4v rounds the stem 13 anda'buts the bottom. of the valve when the latter is down, thus guidvalvestem andpreventing the contents of the receptacle from escaping orclogging at 14.

Havingthus described my invention, whait I claim as newand' desire tosecure 'by ters' Patent is: Y

. openexcept wh The combination with a dispensing receptacle, of a valveor closure controll' dispensing of the contents of soid'ieceptacle, acup-shaped false bottom or actuator movably telescoped 'over the bottomof thereceptacle and cooperativelyv related to A the valve o'r closureto cause closing of the valve when said false bottom is resting` onasupport, und a spring adapted to keep lthe valve en the false bottom visresting on a support. v

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my v'signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' EDWARD HARK ALSON.

. Witnesses;

lJAMES L. MURRILL, 'JOHN -FAmz ing the ..4

